Word
Katten stannar hos veterinären ikväll.
Meaning
The cat is staying at the vet's tonight.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Katten stannar hos veterinären ikväll.
katten
the cat
stanna
to stay
ikväll
tonight
hos
at the home or workplace of
Questions & Answers about Katten stannar hos veterinären ikväll.
Why do we use hos here instead of på or i for "at"?
The preposition hos is used to mean "at the home of" or "at the workplace of" a person or professional. Since veterinären (the vet) is a person, we use hos. You can think of it like the English apostrophe-s in "at the vet's".
The English translation says "is staying" tonight, but isn't stannar the present tense?
Yes! In Swedish, it is very common to use the present tense (stannar) to talk about the future. As long as there is a time word in the sentence that makes the future clear—like ikväll (tonight)—the present tense is all you need.
Is stannar a false friend? It looks a lot like the English word "stand".
It is a false friend! The verb stannar actually means "stay" (as it does in this sentence) or "stop" (like a car stopping). If you want to say that something is physically standing up, you would use the verb står instead.
Why does the word for vet (veterinären) end in -en?
In Swedish, the definite article (the word "the") attaches to the end of the noun. The base word is en veterinär (a vet). To say "the vet", you add that -en to the end to get veterinären.